Kailee Pedersen

Kailee Pedersen is the author of the novel SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS (St. Martin’s, 2024). SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS was named a “Best Horror Book of 2024” by The New York Times, Vulture, Esquire, Paste Magazine, and Barnes & Noble; a “Best Gothic Fiction of 2024” by CrimeReads; a “Best Book for Adults” by the New York Public Library; a Best Horror finalist for the Libby Book Awards; the Fiction Honor recipient at the Nebraska Book Awards; and longlisted for the Otherwise Award. Pedersen grew up in Nebraska, where her family owns a farm. Her second novel, THE MINIMALIST, is forthcoming from St. Martin’s in 2026. kaileepedersen.com